Immigrant stories : ethnicity and academics in middle childhood /
Immigrant Stories portrays the contexts and academic trajectories of development of three unique immigrant groups: Cambodian, Dominican and Portuguese. The children of immigrant families - or second generation youth - are the fastest growing population of school children in the US. However, very lit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Child development in cultural context.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Immigrant Stories portrays the contexts and academic trajectories of development of three unique immigrant groups: Cambodian, Dominican and Portuguese. The children of immigrant families - or second generation youth - are the fastest growing population of school children in the US. However, very little is known about these children's academic and psychological development during middle childhood. We examine the previously under-explored intricacies of children's emerging cultural attitudes and identities, academic engagement, and academic achievement. These processes are studied alongside a my. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199721269 0199721262 0190291796 9780190291792 1282053523 9781282053526 9786612053528 6612053526 |